Recent developments in the methodology and application of MEEKC

✍ Scribed by Richie Ryan; Eamon McEvoy; Sheila Donegan; Joe Power; Kevin Altria

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 319 KB
• Volume: 32
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0173-0835
• DOI: 10.1002/elps.201000372

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

MEEKC is an electrodriven separation technique that utilises the unique properties of a microemulsion (ME) as a background electrolyte to achieve separation of a diverse range of solutes. MEs are composed of nanometre‐sized oil droplets suspended in aqueous buffer, which is commonly referred to as oil‐in‐water ME. The droplets are stabilised by the presence of both a surfactant and co‐surfactant. The use of water‐in‐oil MEs in MEEKC has also been investigated. This review details the advances in MEEKC‐based separations from the period June 2008 – June 2010. Areas covered include online sample concentration, suppressed electroosmosis MEEKC, chiral separations, MEEKC‐MS, MEEKC‐ICP‐MS and ME structure characterisation. The review also includes a fundamental introduction to MEEKC, along with a review of recent applications.